Tidal volume increases do not affect alveolar mechanics in normal lung but cause alveolar overdistension and exacerbate alveolar instability after surfactant deactivation

Jay Steinberg(SUNY Upstate Medical University), Gary F. Nieman(SUNY Upstate Medical University), Louis A. Gatto(SUNY Upstate Medical University), Marcelo B. P. Amato(Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo), Jeffrey M. Halter(SUNY Upstate Medical University), Henry J. Schiller(Mayo Clinic), Monica DaSilva(SUNY Upstate Medical University), Ulysse G. McCann(SUNY Upstate Medical University)
Critical Care Medicine
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